Palomar Mountain
Palomar Mountain is an unincorporated community in San Diego County, California. Palomar Mountain has an elevation of 5,325 feet.| Tap on a place to explore it |
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- Type: Hamlet
- Description: unincorporated community in San Diego County, California
- Also known as: “Palomar”, “Palomar Mountain, CA”, “Palomar Mountain, California”, and “Polomar Mountain”
- Postal code: 92060
Places of Interest
Highlights include Palomar Observatory.
Palomar Observatory
Observatory
Photo: Gvanbelle, Public domain.
The Palomar Observatory is an astronomical research observatory in the Palomar Mountains of San Diego County, California, United States. It is owned and operated by the California Institute of Technology. Palomar Observatory is situated 2½ miles northeast of Palomar Mountain.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Rincon and Funner.
Rincon
Hamlet
Rincon is an unincorporated community in San Diego County, California, United States. Its elevation is 1030 feet above sea level. Its coordinates are 33 degrees north, 117 degrees west. Rincon is situated 5 miles southwest of Palomar Mountain.
Funner
Village
Funner, California is a promotional place name adopted by the Rincon Band of Luiseño Indians for the area surrounding the Harrah’s Resort Southern California, located in the northeastern part of San Diego County, California, within the broader unincorporated community of Valley Center, California. Funner is situated 6 miles southwest of Palomar Mountain.
Pauma Valley
Hamlet
Pauma Valley is a geographic valley and unincorporated community between Valley Center and Palomar Mountain in San Diego County, California. The name also refers to the agricultural region comprising citrus and avocado groves, and the location of several Indian Reservations, a country club, and tribal casinos. Pauma Valley is situated 6 miles west of Palomar Mountain.
Palomar Mountain
- Categories: unincorporated community in the United States and locality
- Location: San Diego County, Southern California, California, United States, North America
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Latitude
33.32281° or 33° 19′ 22″ northLongitude
-116.87864° or 116° 52′ 43″ westElevation
5,325 feet (1,623 metres)United Nations Location Code
US PXFOpen location code
855584FC+4GOpenStreetMap ID
node 150965876OpenStreetMap feature
place=hamletGeoNames ID
5380838Wikidata ID
Q57964419
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Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
From Chinese to Turkish—“Palomar Mountain” goes by many names.
- Chinese: “帕洛馬芒廷”
- Persian: “ماونتین پالومار، کالیفرنیا”
- Persian: “ماونتین پالومار”
- Russian: “Паломар Маунтин”
- Turkish: “Palomar Mountain”
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Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include Doane Valley Reservoir and Palomar Mountain Volunteer Fire Department.
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